16th Annual Rutabaga Curling World Championship
Saturday, December 21st
The rutabagas roll at high noon
Ithaca Farmer’s Market
Terk to DJ the Curl!
Rutabaga Curling is What Now?:
The sport of Rutabaga Curling was born on a cold December 1996 Market day, the last market day of the season. The few vendors present huddled together for warmth and camraderie waiting for an occasional customer.
Talk at some point in the day turned to unusual winter sports. Curling of course came up in conversation. None of us knew the rules; but before the knew it vendors’ wares were being “hurled” or “curled” down the market’s wooden floor. Potatoes, cinnamon rolls, cabbages, loaves of bread, and even frozen chickens were fair game in this impromptu outburst.
One of the vendors, Steve Sierigk (a middle-aged notecard vendor with a sly smile) and currently the self-proclaimed “Most Esteemed Grand Commissioner of the International Rutabaga Curl”, saw potential in the innocent play, and thus The Rutabaga Curling World Championship was born.
Now The Rutabaga Curling World Championship is back at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market for it’s 16th year. Saturday, December 21st at high noon, the rutabagas will start to roll and Terk will DJ the event!
